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Department of Geography and Environmental Studies, Debre Markos University, Debre Marqos, Ethiopia
Review Article
Determinants of Household Rural Poverty in Tenta Woreda, South Wollo Ethiopia
Author(s): Ayisheshim Bekele Abebe* and Mengesha Kassa
Poverty in Ethiopia is multidimensional caused by a set of factors ranging from those related to past macroeconomic
policies and socio-political history of the country. This study examines rural poverty and its determinant at household
level. Primary data were collected by using structured questionnaires, interview and focus group discussion.
Secondary data also used from different published and unpublished materials. The results are based on the data
collected from three selected peasant associations about 196 rural household were taken by simple random sampling.
The researcher used foster greer-thorbecke, binary logistic regression model, descriptive statistics and cost basic needs
to find out the determinants of rural poverty at household level. The result of the analysis indicates that poverty
status is strongly associated with almost all variables. Household .. View More»
DOI:
10.35248/2319-7285.23.12.031